Hetubindutika 3.2.4

3.2.4

parokṣārthaprati[patteḥ anumānāśraya]tvāt ity anena tu prakaraṇārthasyānumānalakṣaṇasya prayojanam āha | na hi vākyasya svārthapratītilakṣaṇaṃ phalamastīty etā[v ataiva prekṣāvān prava]rttate 'pi tu tadabhidheyārthasya puruṣārthopayogitve sati | tac cehāsti yataḥ parokṣārthasya yā pratipattiḥ -- niścayaḥ -- tasyā anumā[naṃ -- trirūpaliṅgam] kāraṇe kāryopacārāt | ananyopāyasādhyatāṃ darśayituṃ {p. 4.1} paramatanirāsārtham āśrayaḥ -- kāraṇam, anumānam āśrayo yasyeti sāmānyena vigṛhya | [tadanu ca] kasyānumānāśrayatvād iti viśeṣāpekṣāyām -- yady api parokṣārthapratipattiśabdasambhandhe strītvaṃ gamyate tathāpi tatpadasaṃskāravelāyāṃ buddhyasaṃnihitatvāt bahiraṅgam iti na strīpratyayanimittaṃ yathābhūtam iyaṃ brāhmaṇī, āvapanam iyam uṣṭriketi |